Restless

At once delicate and clumsy, tender and twee, “Restless” wraps the pain of grief and impending mortality in the balm of a teenage love story.
-Justin Chang, Variety
It is wholly fresh and beguiling. It's not a facile fantasy or a dreamy romantic comedy, but an attempt by these two characters to steal a little happiness from the inexorable march of time.
-Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
Mr. Van Sant...directs young actors with enormous sympathy accompanied by just the right measure of grown-up detachment. And Ms. Wasikowska, embracing the static, romantic conceit of her character, also transcends it
-A.O. Scott, The NY Times
C'est une oeuvre lumineuse et mélancolique, émouvante et attendrissante, sur le deuil, doublée d'une romance adolescente subtile, qui rappelle à certains égards Garden State ou encore Juno
-Marc Cassivi, La Presse
un joli hymne à la vie où les talentueux Mia Wasichowska et Henry Hopper forment un couple des plus ravissants
-Philippe Gajan, 24 images

Synopsis

RESTLESS recounts the romance between two teenagers, orphaned, funeral-crashing Enoch (Henry Hopper, son of Dennis), and Annabel (Mia Wasikowska). They meet at a funeral and bond over their mutual morbid obsession, which they have for opposite reasons: Enoch lost his mother and father in an automobile accident that, he claims, left him dead for three minutes before he bounced back, while Annabel has brain cancer, which will take her within a few months.

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, September 30, 2011
Original Languages: English
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 91 min.
Year: 2011

CREDITS

CAST
Henry Hopper
Mia Wasikowska
DIRECTED BY
Gus Van Sant

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PHOTOS

Left to Right: Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) and Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Left to Right: Henry Hopper and Gus Van Sant (director). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Enoch (Henry Hopper) and Annabel (Mia Wasikowska). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) and Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Enoch (Henry Hopper) and Hiroshi (Ryo Kase). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) and Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska and Gus Van Sant (director). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) and Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) and Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Left to Right: Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) and Enoch (Henry Hopper). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
Hiroshi (Ryo Kase). Photo by Scott Green, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.